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In Hebrew, HaMapah means “the tablecloth” or “the map." HaMapah/The Mapis conceived and performed Adam McKinney (formerly of Alvin Alley American Dance Theater) and directed by Daniel Banks. First premiered in 2010,HaMapah/The Map has engaged audiences around the world and, with the gracious partnership of New Mexico School for the Arts-Art Institute and National Dance Institute-New Mexico, DNAWORKS is thrilled to present the premiere of the work in its entirety to the Santa Fe community

HaMapah/The Map weaves contemporary dance with archival material, personal interviews, Yiddish and American songs, and video set to traditional, contemporary, and classical music. In HaMapah /The Map McKinney explores issues of identity, heritage, and ancestry. As part of the program, immediately following the performance, DNAWORKS Co-Directors McKinney and Banks lead a community dialogue about the audience's relationship to the core ideas of the piece.

Audience responses to performances of HaMapah/The Map

"It was a really beautiful piece last night! The dance and multi-media were just superb!"

"I was so moved by the performance and the follow up last night...this was so amazingly beautiful, creative, executed and magnificent that I am lost for words."

"I think that your work is about looking within, and connecting with our body-houses, so that we can appreciate our ancestry. You are creating a pathway for people to understand how to reconnect with themselves...you provide possibility to a richer experience of one's own life...Societies can be changed this way for the better."

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DNAWORKS is dedicated to futhering artistic expression and dialogue, focusing on issues of identity, culture, class, and heritage. We catalyze performance and action through the arts in the intersecting communities in which we live and work. In our work, art = ritual = healing = community. We believe that this philosophy and practice lead to a more peaceful world.